"All the heroes who understand justice well, if you join us, we will be more confident in driving out the traitor Su Yuan!"

In the backyard of Zhang Mansion, Zhang Yuandong was speaking to some men in the courtyard.

All these men looked excited and rubbed their hands together.

They are the people inspired by the rumors deliberately spread by the five major families.

Zhang Yuandong secretly made several selections and selected forty or fifty people. Don't underestimate these forty or fifty people. Most of the people in the city are related to each other. One person represents a family, and the forty or fifty households represented by the forty or fifty people include relatives.

, it is possible to bring out hundreds of people.

These people are all important forces that will coordinate internally and externally in the future.

A man in a short-sleeved shirt asked: "Master Zhang, if we defeat the King of Zhenbei, can we really get a reward from the Holy Emperor?"

Hearing this, other people also expressed eagerness on their faces.

Zhang Yuandong told them before that as long as they behave well on the day of the attack and mobilize more people, they will all be rewarded by the emperor after Su Yuan, the rebel traitor, is overthrown.

This is undoubtedly a huge temptation for ordinary people like them.

You must know that no matter how small the emperor's reward is, it will be a huge sum of money to ordinary people.

Zhang Yuandong smiled and said: "Of course. Not only will the Holy Emperor reward you, but I, Zhang Yuandong, am also here to make a promise. When the deed is accomplished, each of you will receive a tattoo of one hundred taels of silver!"

"One hundred taels of silver!"

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang!!"

"Oh my God..."

Everyone screamed in surprise.

One hundred taels of silver, in their opinion, was money that they could never use up in a lifetime.

A strong young man said loudly: "Master Zhang! Don't worry, I will be the first one when the time comes!"

"good!"

Zhang Yuandong's eyes lit up, he stepped forward, pulled the young man out, and held his hand: "Young man, you are brave! I will give you an extra reward after the deed is accomplished!"

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang!"

Zhang Yuandong spoke again, exaggerating the benefits after the completion of the matter. After everyone left, he showed a look of contempt.

His wife walked in from outside the courtyard. She had been hiding outside the courtyard and eavesdropping. Now she complained about Zhang Yuandong as soon as she came in.

"Master, how can you reward those poor people! All our money was taken away by the Zhenbei Army, and there is not much left!"

Zhang Yuandong immediately became angry after hearing this. He really didn't want to open any pot.

"What do you know about a woman? That Su Yuan raided my house. After a few days, I will raid his Zhenbei Palace!" Zhang Yuandong snorted coldly, "As for those idiots, do they still want to get promoted and make a fortune?

Go ahead and dream!"

He just wanted to take advantage of these incited people. When things are done in the future, any number of rewards from the Holy Spirit will belong to their five major families and Gongsun Kuo, but it will not be the turn of these people.

When the lady heard this, she immediately beamed with joy: "Master is right! Master, when are you going to take action?"

Zhang Yuandong pondered for a moment and said: "Of course we have to wait for Su Yuan to lead the Zhenbei Army to leave the city. If he doesn't leave the city, it won't be easy..."

Beifeng City was built as a military fortress, with strong walls and towering towers, making it absolutely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In addition, Su Yuan's Zhenbei Army was very fierce. If Su Yuan did not lead the army to leave the city, Zhang Yuandong would really not dare to cooperate with Gongsun Kuoli.

At this time, a boy came in from outside the door and handed a letter to Zhang Yuandong.

When Zhang Yuandong saw the envelope, he immediately went to the study alone to take out the letter and check it.

The letter was from Gongsun Kuo, and it asked about the date of the attack and how many troops the Zhenbei Army had in total.

Zhang Yuandong started to write a reply, but paused when he was about to start writing.

"There have been frequent mobilizations of troops and horses in the city in the past two days. It is estimated that Su Yuan will lead the army out of the city in these few days... As for how many troops and horses the Zhenbei Army has in total..."

Zhang Yuandong thought carefully for a moment.

"That night, Su Yuan led his troops to kill Princess Jiuyang. Thousands of soldiers and horses surrounded the Zhenbei Palace. Moreover, he sent a large number of soldiers and horses overnight to control all important places in the city. The city tower, the granary, and the armory.

... In recent days, there are still thousands of Zhenbei troops dressed as farmers reclaiming wasteland. It seems that there is not enough food."

Zhang Yuandong and the other four clan leaders actually discussed in private how many soldiers and horses Su Yuan had.

They made several calculations and sent people to inquire several times, and finally came to a preliminary conclusion.

"I'm afraid there are about ten thousand or several thousand people."

Zhang Yuandong thought.

It turns out that when he was living in Zhongyuan's family, he was a bookkeeper and was very good at calculating accounts.

He knew that to calculate the number of soldiers and horses, it could actually be calculated through food.

Beifeng City is not a large-producing city, and its annual grain output is limited.

Many of these grains need to be supplied to the Northern Xinjiang camp, so there is not much grain in the Beifeng City granary.

In addition, Zhang Yuandong discovered that the Zhenbei Army was going to reclaim wasteland, and he came to a conclusion in his mind.

Those Zhenbei troops who reclaimed the wasteland, plus the city defense patrols, the watch towers, and those in the Zhenbei palace... were all Su Yuan's troops.

Doing the math, it's probably just over 10,000.

"Just in case the estimate is insufficient, let's write more!"

Zhang Yuandong wrote "16,000 troops and horses" in the letter.

He was doing this to leave some margin. In fact, this number was naturally far from Su Yuan's real number of soldiers, but he didn't know it.

"There are as many as 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers stationed in the northern Xinjiang camp. Gongsun Kuo will only transfer 20,000 to 30,000 when he arrives, leaving 20,000 to prevent the Beirong from raiding... plus the servants of our five major families, tuanlian, and those who were encouraged by us

The people in the city rose up..."

Zhang Yuandong had a smile on his face.

"It's really effortless to capture this city!"

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"My lord, do you really want to divide your troops?"

In the Zhenbei Palace, on the martial arts field, Chu Changning was shocked when he heard Su Yuan's idea of ​​"fighting on two fronts".

"Not bad." Su Yuan nodded.

"But……"

Chu Changning hesitated.

He originally thought that Su Yuan wanted to deal with the five major families and the Northern Xinjiang Camp first, and then deal with the Yunshan Sect matter after they were calmed down.

In other words, it is just an illusion to send troops out of the city to go to the Hulu Mountain. After the soldiers leave the city, they will not go to the Hulu Mountain. They will only ambush nearby and wait for Gongsun Kuo and others to be fooled.

However, Chu Changning did not expect that Su Yuan did not intend this.

Su Yuan is serious and wants to deal with Yunshan Sect and Gongsun Kuo at the same time.

This made Chu Changning not very agreeable.

Su Yuan seemed to know what this loyal subordinate was thinking, and asked: "Chang Ning, are you worried that the Zhenbei Army does not have enough troops?"

"Exactly." Chu Changning admitted, "My subordinates have already inquired in the world. Although the Yunshan Sect is not a big sect, it has hundreds of disciples. There are also four or five innate realm masters in the sect...

To deal with them, it would be safer to have at least several thousand troops."

"There are more than 40,000 troops stationed in the northern Xinjiang camp. Gongsun Kuo will definitely not dare to mobilize all of them. If he only mobilizes half, there will be more than 20,000..."

Chu Changning and Zhang Yuandong both believed that the total number of Su Yuan's Zhenbei Army was between 10,000 and 20,000.

Actually don't blame them.

The fundamental reason is that Su Yuan has indeed summoned so many people.

Although there are 100,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry in his military talisman, from the beginning to the end, he has never summoned more than 30,000 people, because it is completely unnecessary... A small town with a population of only 80,000 summoned 100,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

Why are you out here? To scare people?

Another advantage of not using all the moves is that it confuses the enemy and makes them unclear about the reality.

"Changning." Su Yuan said with a smile at this moment, "You can worry about any problem, but the issue of troops and horses... you never need to worry about."

No, that's wrong.

Su Yuan thought to himself that we need to worry about the issue of troops and horses.
Chapter completed!